Tom Reed bids goodbye to 'Extreme Ithaca Liberal' label

© Copyright The Ithaca Voice. All rights reserved. ^ | 11/07/18 | BY KELSEY O'CONNOR

[Behind Liberal Lines]

ITHACA, N.Y.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I would like to offer Congressman Reed the following new campaign slogan:

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

City of Evil bump

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

“Ithaca Cesspool” is nice and concise. ;^)

[grobdriver]

Extreme Ithaca Liberals

You got a good schtick and you're giving it up because why? They complained?

[PGR88]

Ithaca is a little leftist oasis in the middle of the forest - healing crystals, unshaved lesbians and aggressive drug-addict beggars all can be had in a 1 square kilometer area.

All funded by massive student debt.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Down in Ithaca, there’s often an awful smell.
Some say it’s Cayuga’s waters.
Some say it’s Cornell ...

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I suspect he’s figured out they’re catching onto it. His most recent opponent , despite having lived in Ithaca previously, changed her residence to another city before running.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Politically it makes sense, given that Trump has been peeling away Democrat voters and even minorities. If some are looking to #walkaway let’s leave the door open for them.

[DesertRhino]

Well, it’s probably redundant anyway.

[taxcontrol]

How about “A liberal if Ithaca persuasion”

[Ancesthntr]

“One of Congressman Tom Reed’s favorite campaign talking points has been to cast his opponents as “Extreme Ithaca Liberals.” One day after winning re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, he has decided to retire the term.”

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Instead, he’ll go back to his old term for extreme Ithaca liberals: “those liberal @ssholes.”

[cherry]

Ithaca is smallish city in a beautiful setting among hills orchards and farms on a wonderful lake.....

Cornell sits there as well as Ithaca college....

its not the worse of the worse.....

[PGR88]

Indeed, Ithaca is in a very nice setting. I know it well.

All the debt-fed, ivory-tower, self-reinforcing leftist echo-chamber academics do have an effect on the place though.

[dayglored]

I agree. Other than the local political scene, Ithaca is great. I've lived in or near here since 1978. Love the area.

I just pay little-to-no mind to the students, radical leftists, and other assorted crazies. There are plenty of good, normal people to work and play with.

And if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes...

[Chode]

100%, or just go back to calling it Sodom...

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

“The Ithaca Voice” how pretentious. I guess Ithaca Wingnuts is available as a label.

[mewzilla]

Maybe he plans to keep running. It’s likely after 2020 that NYS will lose another 1 to 2 House districts. Reed’s district has been gerrymandered before. Maybe he’s thinking it will again. If so, it will likely be to get rid of Reed.

[Impy]

So, Reed is a wussy? Why retire the slogan?

[Sun]

I didn’t know Cornell and Ithaca were that bad.